A bunch of frogs were walking in the forest, and two of them accidentally fell into a deep pit.

The other frogs saw how deep it was and told the two frogs that they couldn’t get out.

But the two frogs didn’t listen and tried really hard to jump out.

The frogs above kept saying it was impossible and that they should give up.

One frog decided to stop trying and sadly jumped even deeper.

The other frog didn’t give up and kept jumping.

The frogs above kept telling him to stop and just die.

Ignoring them, the determined frog jumped even harder and, finally, he made it out of the pit.

When he climbed out, the other frogs asked, “Didn’t you hear us telling you to stop?”

The frog explained that he couldn’t hear them because he was deaf.

He thought they were cheering him on the whole time.

Moral of the story

Don’t listen to other people’s negative talk. Think of them as encouraging words.